Turn your digital data into dynamic graphics with this exciting, leading-edge cookbook. Packed with recipes and practical guidance it will quickly make you a proficient user of the D3 JavaScript library.

Learning Kendo UI Web Development

Learning

John AdamsMay 2013

With Kendo UI you can enhance your websites no end without having to write a line of code, and this tutorial shows you exactly how to utilize the code library of JavaScript widgets and tools. Thoroughly practical, brilliantly inspiring.

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Book Details

ISBN 139781849694346

Paperback288 pages

About This Book

Learn from clear and specific examples on how to utilize the full range of the Kendo UI tool set for the web

Add powerful tools to your website supported by a familiar and trusted name in innovative technology

Learn how to add amazing features with clear examples and make your website more interactive without being a JavaScript expert

Who This Book Is For

This book is for web developers who want to take advantage of cutting edge JavaScript and HTML 5 web site features, but who don’t have the time or the knowledge to write all of that code by hand. The reader should be familiar with basic HTML 5 and JavaScript but does not need to be an expert.

What You Will Learn

Leverage data source objects and JavaScript templates with the TabStrip and Grid widgets

Guide users in date selection with the Calendar widget

Create fast and fluid word wheels with the AutoComplete widget and date selection with the Calendar widget

Take advantage of the powerful MVVM JavaScript architectural pattern

Take full HTML input from users with a graphical editor

Structure your site with the Menu and ListView widgets

Build interactive accordions with the PanelBar widget and a fun way to select numbers with the Slider widget

Organize your data with the Splitter and TreeView widgets and Customize pop-up windows and file uploads with the Window and Upload widgets

In Detail

Creating useful and attractive web sites for today’s audiences requires more JavaScript programming than ever before. JavaScript, however, isn’t easy and staying up to date with recent trends makes it even harder. You need a way to integrate the latest technology into your web site without having to start from the beginning.

"Learning Kendo UI Web Development" shows you how to add the latest web features to your site without doing all of the work yourself. The experts at Telerik have created a fully supported code library that lets you focus on what makes your sites special while letting them focus on how that translates into cutting edge JavaScript code.

This book will take you on a survey through Kendo UI for the web from the basic widgets that wrap input fields to the full page scaffolding widgets for setting up your site.

Kendo UI for the web is a rich framework of JavaScript widgets and tools that will add immediate value to your web sites. Learn the full spectrum of what Kendo UI has to offer in specialized widgets that gather input from users by displaying calendars, sliders, or date pickers all the way up to widgets that structure your web pages through data-driven models in accordions, tabs, list views, and tree views.

"Learning Kendo UI Web Development" is the perfect companion for navigating the broad features offered by Telerik in JavaScript web development.

Authors

John Adams

John Adams currently works as an application development consultant in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for a fantastic company called RBA. He has been developing custom business applications with the Microsoft .NET platform for 6 years and has specialized in development with ASP.NET MVC. He loves writing code and creating solutions. Above all, he loves his wife and children and the lord Jesus Christ.

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Beginner's Guide

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Fast paced, concentrated introductions showing the quickest way to put the tool to work in the real world.

Cookbook

A collection of practical self-contained recipes that all users of the technology will find useful for building more powerful and reliable systems.

Blueprints

Guides you through the most common types of project you'll encounter, giving you end-to-end guidance on how to build your specific solution quickly and reliably.

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